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LAMP ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES. No. 251,863, Patented Jan. 3,1882.

Attorney.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANGIS E. FREY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LUKEOARLOS, OF SAME PLACE.

LAMP ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,863, dated January 3, 1882.

, Application filed September a, test. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thahL'FRANCIS E. FREY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clarke and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp Attachments for Sewing-Machines; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to a device forswinging a lamp from the head or face plate of a sewing-machine.

The invention as applied will be understood as set forth in the following specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the device applied to the head of the sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is a top view of the clamp.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-' sponding parts in all the figures.

A is the lamp; A, the reflector attached thereto. a is a projection under the base of the lamp, which is provided with a socket, a, and is affixed to the exterior of the lamps bottom, so that the bottom of the lamp is not per-' forated, and any lamp having a flat metallic bottom can have this socket attached to it.

B is the head or top of the face-plate of a sewing-machine, in which the needle-bar and presser-bar work.

O is the clamp'which surrounds the head B. This clamp is closed on three sides and partially open on the fourth. At the back of the clamp a set-screw, 'c, is let through it, and is tightened up or loosened to secure or release the clamp from whatever it is attached to. The clamp is thus made to surround all of three sides of the sewing-machine head and a part of the fourth side on either corner, and it is consequent] y secure against coming off by the swung at right angles either to the face-plate or parallel therewith.

D is the swinging bracket, which is. supported by the clamp 0,.and in turn supports lamp. This bracket is formed of a single piece the arm are formed from asinglepiece of round metal bent as described.

In use the clamp is fastened to the head of the machine, and the bracket D is placed in the socket of the clamp with the point of the spindle d pointing downward. The lamp is placed upon the spindle d. The bracket turns freely in any direction in the clamp, and the lamp can thus be placed in any desired position. The lamp also turns freely on the spindle d, and can be turned 'to throw its direct and reflected light to any desired point. The reflector A is permanently attached to the lamp, and it turns with it, so as always to be in position to throw the reflected rays directly in line with the direct rays when illuminating any given point or part.

The reflector A is provided with a hole, 0, at the top, by which the lamp can be hung up when not in use. When the lamp is removed the bracket can be used as a cord-reel for a cording attachment on the sewing-machine.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim- The clamp for sewing-machine heads having all of its sides rigid, and provided with a setscrewfor tighteningit upon the head, and with thelugc',havingthesocketc projectingoutside of the lines of the clamp, in combination with t the bracket-arm D, having the spindles d d, and with the lamp A a a, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS E. FREY.

Witnesses i H. H. Pecan,

A. H. GILLETT.

Both of the spindles.

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